The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) reiterated its place towards touring India for the T20 World Cup on Wednesday, following the Worldwide Cricket Council’s (ICC) rejection of its request to shift the aspect’s matches in a foreign country.
Bangladesh have refused to play their matches in India, citing considerations concerning gamers’ security, and demanded to play their video games in Sri Lanka, which is co-hosting the match alongside India.
Following the ICC’s rejection of the request, BCB president Aminul Islam stated that he sought extra time from the cricket-governing physique to speak to his authorities “for one final time”.
“They [ICC] stated it is a legitimate level, and gave me 24 or 48 hours to get again to them. I do not wish to put stress on the federal government. We all know that India will not be safe for us. We stay within the stance that we wish to play in Sri Lanka,” he added.
Acknowledging the ICC’s determination to maintain the match’s schedule unchanged, Islam stated he would seek the advice of the federal government and convey its suggestions to the ICC.
“I hope for a miracle from the ICC,” he stated, including that gamers and the federal government wished Bangladesh to play the World Cup.
“However we do not assume India is secure for our gamers. A authorities would not solely take into account the gamers, however they take into account all, when it takes a choice,” the BCB president added.
The ICC introduced its determination on Bangladesh’s request after a board assembly earlier within the day.
“The choice was taken after contemplating all safety assessments carried out, together with unbiased evaluations, all of which indicated there was no menace to Bangladesh gamers, media individuals, officers and followers at any of the match venues in India,” the ICC stated in its assertion.
The cricket-governing physique maintained that it was “not possible to make adjustments” so near the match.
Additional, the ICC said that altering the schedule underneath the circumstances, within the absence of any credible safety menace, may set a precedent that will jeopardise the sanctity of future ICC occasions.
As per the schedule, Bangladesh are drawn in Group C and scheduled to play their first three group matches in Kolkata — towards West Indies on February 7, Italy on February 9 and England on February 14 — earlier than concluding their group stage towards Nepal in Mumbai on February 17.
